Apple Is Listening

Re:Apple Is Listening by belazeebub on Monday June 10, 2019 @02:09AM (#20144273)

To give people a bit of perspective, the Macintosh IIfx was released in 1990 for US$8,969 which in inflation-adjusted dollars is ~$17,500 today. The PowerMacintosh 8100 released in 1994 for ~$4,250 which in today's prices is ~$7,300. The original 128kb Macintosh would be ~$6,100 in today's dollars. Those are all the bottom-end models. By contrast, a Chevy S-10 pickup truck was about $7,000 in 1990 (if my googling was accurate).

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Re:Apple Is Listening by iainmerrick on Monday June 10, 2019 @04:18AM (#20144785)

Yes, the 90s, when Apple were absolutely crushed in price/performance by PCs, and almost went bankrupt as a result.

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Re:Apple Is Listening by rq1 on Monday June 10, 2019 @07:12AM (#20145552)

What are you trying to say? Is Apple still using the 90s’ factories and technology?

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Re:Apple Is Listening by sjwright on Monday June 10, 2019 @08:57AM (#20146289)

> Those are all the bottom-end models.

I think you misspoke; the 128k, IIfx and 8100 were all unequivocally top-end models at the time of release.

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Re:Apple Is Listening by belazeebub on Monday June 10, 2019 @11:45AM (#20147788)

Sorry, I meant that the pricing were for the entry-level configuration, not cherry-picked top configurations.

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Re:Apple Is Listening by greedo on Monday June 10, 2019 @02:22PM (#20149358)

Completely ignores the fact that technology has gotten drastically cheaper over time.

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